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April 15, 1987 Articles sent along with request for material on UFO sighting of JAL #1628, November 17, 1986, -Alaska: NEWSPAPERS: Washington Post ............................................ 1 San Francisco Chronicle ..............................•..... 7 Statesman-Journal, Salem, Oregon ........................... 2 Fresno Bee ................................................. 1 The Sacramento Bee ......................................... 1 New York Daily News ........................................ 1 The Seattle Times .......................................... 1 News day .................................................... 4 Los Angeles Herald Examiner ..........................•..... 4 The Charlotte Observer, NC ................................. 1 The Dallas Morning News .................................... 2 Chicago Tribune ............................................ 2 Knoxville New-Sentinel ..................................... 1 Seattle Post-Intelligencer ................................. 1 Indy News, Indiana ......................................... 1 New York City Tribune ...................................... 1 Daily Record, Northwest, N.J ............................... 1 The Press, Atlantic City, N.J .............................. 1 TOTAL 33 Cities/states articles came from (do not have name of paper): Bakersfield, California .................................... ! Las Vegas, Nevada .......................................... 1 Rhode Island ............................................... 1 New York ................................................... 1 Los Angeles, California .................................... ;rs Salem, Oregon .............................................. 1 Mesa, Arizona .............................................. 1 Long Beach, California ..................................... ! Atlanta, Georgia .•......................................... 1 San Francisco, California .................................. ! TOTAL J% I'/ Five ( 5) articles with no name of newspaper or the city I state where they came from GRAND TOTAL _5-1" _,,-,;i__ J Date7Time 12/24, pm 12/29, 8:50am 12/29, 10:44am 12 /2 9, 3:45pm 12 /2 9, 12/29, 6:45pm 12/30, 8:52am 12 I 30, 7:30am 12/30, 7:50am 12/30; 9:07am 12/30; 9:21am 12/30, 9:33am 12/30, 10:14am 12/30, 10:21am 12 /30, 10:35am 12/30,10:56am 12/30, 12: lOpm 12/30, 3:40 pm 12/30, 10:35am 12/31, 7:53am 12/31, 8:00am 12/31, 9:50am 12/31, 10:37am 12/31, 12:12pm 12/31, 1:59pm 12/31, 1:12pm (* repeat calls) CALLS REGARDING NOVEMBER 17, 1986 "SIGHTING" Name Shokici -Kibe Jeff Berliner * Shokici -Kibe * Jeff Berliner Nortine -Nortanie Ron McBee Bob Laurie Mike Evans Bruce Mike McCake Earl Golds Wayne Malloy *Ron McBell Jackie Ripley Lauren }faxwell * Earl Golz * Jeff Berliner * * Earl Golz Martin Brunt Ed Mullin Steve Jones Lee Wilson Marvin McDonal Dr. Richard Haines Organization Kyodo News (Japan) UPI, Anchorage Kyodo News (Japan) UPI, Anchorage Japan, free lance writer NBC News, New York KIMO-TV channel 13, Anch. KENI Radio, Anchorage Radio Hawaii, Honolulu AP, Anchorage CBC, Whitehorse, YT, Canada Star Magazine, New York KYAK radio, Anchorage NBC News, New York WSLO Radio, Tampa, FL KTVA, Channel 11, Anch. Star Magazine, New York UPI, Anchorage Canadian Broadcasting Corp. Star Magazine, New York Sunday Mirror, London Phone (local) (local) 248-0836 277-1300 212-765-3521 [interview at 10:15a] 563-8857 212-765-3521 813-228-9797 [interview atl2:10pm, Paul Gonzalez, live new 562-3456 [interview at l:OOpm] 1-800-992-3905 or 914-332-5000 277-1300 1-800-992-3905 WBBZ Radio talk show, Boston 617-787-7241 ABC News, New York 212-580-9000 NBC, Los Angeles WGST, Atlanta (live radio) NASA, Ames Research Center Moffett Field, CA 415-941-0958 I I November 17, 1 986 "Sighting" Page 2 am 1/2/87, 8 :36am 1/'1.,' 8 :36am 1 /2 am 1/2, 9 :17am 1/2, 9 :20am 1/2, 9 :25am 1/2, 9:30am 1 /2' 9 : 45am 1 /2' 9:50am 1 /2' 10: lOam 1 /2' lO:OOam 1 /2' 12:10am 1 / 2' 10:45am 1 / 2' 1:32pm 1 /2' 2:02pm 1 /2' 12: 26 1 / 2' 12:30pm 1 /2' 12:45pm 1 /2' 1 : 15 pm 1/2' 2 : 55pm 1 /2' 3:4lpm Capt. Crickenberger Name * Jeff Berliner Leland Schwartz Tim Woolston Michael White· David Miller (Steve Dun-Lavey) Bob Engleman Walter Andrus Mr. Vandoorne or Ms. Benoit Lauren Block Vicki Cooper Dennis Whitehead * Dennis Whitehead Mark Miller * Mark Miller * Mark Miller Hal Spenser Jim Doyle Mike Botula Gisele Hudson Stanton Friedman Tammy Haddad USAF liaison with FAA, Wash. D.C. FTS 267-3197 Organization UPI, Anchorage States News Service, Washington, D.C. KSKA, Public Radio News Manchester Guardian, Washington, D.C. Channel 5, New York City Scripps-Howard News Service WashinE,ton, D.C. International Director, Mutual UFO Network, Seguin, Texas (UFO Hotline) Phone 277-1300 202-628-3100 562-2279 202-223-2486 212-879-8057 202-833-9520 512-379-9216 French News Agency, Wash. D.C. 202-293-9380 Cable News Network, Wash. D.C. 202-898-7983 UFO Magazine, Los Angeles Burda Publications (of West Germany), Arlington, VA Burda Publications News Magazine, Wash. D.C. News Magazine, Wash. D.C. News Magazine, Wash. D.C. Newsweek Washington Times K TTV Chan. 11, Los Angeles KTTV Chan. 11, Los Angeles New Brunswick, Canada; Fredericton Cable News (CNN Radio) (Larry King--live talk show) 213-273-9409 703-524-6814 202-626-2018 202-626-2018 345-2510 202-636-4838 213-856-1323 213-856-1096 506-457-0232 202-898-7983 -7948 -7600 1 / 2 am (Henry Elias and the controller talked with Administrator Engen) 1 / 2, am (He n r y Eliastalked with Dr. Tom Rona, .Presidential Science Advisor} 202-395- 7200 / November 17, 1986 "Sighting" Page 3 Date/Time 1/2; 4:50pm 1/2, 7 :OOpm 1/2, 7 :17pm (Saturday) 1 /3, 2 :30pm 1 /4 1 /4 1 /3' 5 :52pm 1 /3, 1: 30 1/3 l:OOpm 1 /3 1 /3, 10:2 1 1/3 (Sunday) 1 /4, 7: 29am l:OOpm 1I4, 9: 45am 1I4, 10: lOam 1I4, 11 :OOam 1I4, 11: 38am 1I5, 8: 13am 1/5, 8:36am 1 /5, 11: 30am 1/5, 8:2lam 1/5, 8:58am 1/5, 8:48am to Name * Dennis Whitehead Tom Grow Leslie Sara Bancroft Rob Goodman * Ron McBee * David Miller Lloyd * * Jeff Berliner * Ron McBee Bill McCall 5:30 pm David Miller, Sherryl Wayne Nelson Dr. Bruce McVee Paul Jenkins Andy Regal Margaret West Noah Admas Dick Farnel Linda Mandala Hal Bernton Organization Phone Burda Publications Los Angeles Times BBC, England United States Radio Network, N.Y. Mutual News 800-336-4701 CBS, St. #5 (New York) 212-397-9090 NBC News, New York WNYW, Channel 5 New York ABC News, New York 212-580-9000 BBC News UPI, Anchorage NBC News, New York 212-765-3521 United States Radio 212-575-6166 Network, New York Interview at ARTCC, WNYW TV New York USA Today 1-800-368-3024 CBN, CJ92 Radio, Calgary, Canada U.S. Navy AP NBC Radio, Chicago [11:10, Morton Do~'Iley talk show] National Public Radio, Wash. D.C. National Public Radio, Wash., D.C. [interview for "All Things Considered"] Juneau (individual) San Diego, CA (individual) Anchorage Daily News 619-2 95-8706 j I November 17, 1986 "Sighting" Page 4 Date/Time Name ----- l /5; 9:00am Dr. Bruce Ma Ca by l /5' 9:llam * Vicki Cooper 1 /5' 9:35am Scott Hollenbeck 1/5, 10:25am Mark Guy 1 /5' 10:28am Dan Blackburn 1 /5' 10:15am * Hal Bernt on 1 /5' 10:35am Alexi Burmistenko 1/5, 11:12am Mark Reisman 1/5, 11:40am Cary Anderson 1 I 5, 12 : 2 5pm Laura Annnann 1/5, 9:42am Brad Hurtado 1/5, 10:46am Mary Snow 1I5, 12:08pm ¥agieBlgg{s~~ne 1 /5, 12:30pm Ira Glass 1 /5, 12:48pm Mike Gough 1/5, 12:30pm Beverly Churchill 1/5, 12:35pm Russ Park 1 /5' 10:55am Ed Palladino .1/ 5 , 12 : 2 5pm ~nica Evans Phone U.S. Navy 301-394-3458 UFO Magazine, Los Angeles 213-273-9409 WFBR Radio, Baltimore KENI Radio, Anchorage 278-3035 NBC News, Los Angeles 818-840-3862 Anchorage Daily News 257-4313 Correspondent (Wash. D.C.) for Trud, Soviet national daily newspaper 301-656-3744 freelance journalist, Los Angeles KTVA Chan. 11, Anchorage KCBS Radio, San Francisco ABC TV, Detroit WOR Radio, New York CBS News, San Francisco National Public Radio, "All Things Considered" 818-772-1051 561-5882 [interview at 2:35] 415-765-4074 [interview at 1:20pm] 313-827-9251 (called back 2:02pm, no answer) 212-642-4515 (Number called is the "Rambling with Gambling" office. ??) 415-362-8051 202-822-2110 WGST, all-news radio, Atlanta 404-261-9442 Valdez (individual) FAA AWP-5 WWDB Radio, Philadelphia KEI Radio, Calif . FTS 984-1431 215-878-1500 (called)back 2:06, no answer 213-387-5188 (called back at 2:14, no answer) J Nov ember 17, 1 986 "Sighting" Page 5 Date/ Time Name 1/5, 12:20pm Tim Treloar l /5, 2 : 18pm Shokichi Kibe l /5, 11:45am John Barnier 1 /5, 12: 28pm Douglas Kiker l /5, 12:50pm Randy Organization Phone (individual) Los Angeles 714-529-5099 Kyodo News Service, Anchorage 248-0836 RSTP radio, St. Paul, MN 612-481-9333 [will do interview 7:30 Thursday] NBC News, Wash. D.C. KTOO Channel 2, Anchorage / Date/Time 1I5, 9: 27 am 11:45 am 1/5, 10:20 am 1/6, 8:30 am 1 /6, 9: 00 am 1/6, 1/6, 1/6 1/6, 1/6, 1/6, 1 /7, 1/7, 10:53 am 1 :07 pm 1:34 pm 12:00 noon 2:02 pm 2:45 pm 3:38 pm 9:54 am 1 I 7 , 11 : 15 am 1 /7, 11: 32 am 1I7 , 12 : 00 noon 1 /7 , 1 2 : 4 3 pm 1 /7 12 :50 pm 1/7, 12 :53 pm 1 /7 , 12 : 5 7 pm 117, 1: 55 pm 1/7, 2 :40 pm 1/7, 1/8, 1/8, 1/8, 3:25 pm 7:56 am 9: 12 am 9:26 am CALLS REGARDING NOVEMBER 17, 1986 "SIGHTING" Name John Barnier Dr. Collins Marilyn Adams Judy Rose John Opley Nori Tani Victor Nerva Pearl Stein David Capraro Richard Thornton Larry Jessie Morton Downey Martin H. Gaines Bob Kennelly Shokichi Kibe Jim Anderson Jeff Berliner Dave Salesky Valerie Jeff Berliner Ed Hamilton Jim Clarkson Vicki Cooper David Caparro Donavan Organization KSTP Radio (FAA ?) U.S. Today BBC-TV CFCF Radio, Montreal Can. Freelance Japan, (LA) KNBR Radio, San Francisco Live radio interview Phoenix, Arizona South Field, Michigan Conway, Arkansas NASA, D.C. NBC Chicago -interview BBC-TV, London Rockville, Maryland Kyodo News, Japan Interview, visit CBS, Los Angeles UPI KTUU-TV KIMO-TV UPI Univ. of Washington News UFO Magazine, Calif. Phone 612-481-9333 202-647-8593 202-276-6337 743-1272 x6352 213-305-1353 44-1-743-1272 x6932 703-486-4233 213-852-2202 277-1300 277-6397 Anchorage 277-1300 206-527-1878 206-533-7587 213-273-9409 313-272-4504 305-586-0201 J November 17, 1986 "Sighting page 2 Date/Time Name Organization 1/8, 1/8, 1/8, 1/8, 1/8, 1/8, 1/8, 1/8, 1/8, 1/8, 1/9, 1/9, 1/9, 9:38 am Col. Tilma Elmendorf AFB 10:34 am Fred Ferrar FAA-DC, APA 12:20 pm Hal Bernton Anchorage News (3 controllers ?) 10:50 pm Fred Ferrar FAA, APA-300 12:45 pm 11 :21 pm Ed Hamilton Univ. of Washington, Seattle 12:00 noon Jane (Shirley Stocker) Vancover, Canada 12: 10 pm Abdul FCN News Service, Chicago 1:22 pm Nori Tani Freelance (Los Angeles) 1:44 pm Hal Bernton Anchorage News (Re: Flying Tiger 1:45 pm Dave Salesky KTUU-TV, interview I was unable to anser the following calls: Debra Carlton, Seattle PI, 206-448-8326 (2)Mike Gray,* Columbia Pictures, 818-954-4483 (2)Annie Pong,* CBS News, San Francisco, 415-362-8051 (2)Marie Marx, KFYI Radio, Phoenix, 602-258-6161 Gina Sunseri, KHOU-TV, Texas, 713-521-4362 Dr. Friedman, Science Correspondent, 215-342-7100 * Tried twice to reach, unsuccessful 8:40 am (2) Teresa Greco ANM-5, FAA UFOs) 9:02 am (2) Morris Klesman Anchorage Photo Agency 9:50 am Narianne Robin National Enquirer Phone --- 552-2226 267-3441 257-4313 267-3441 604-683-2816 213-305-1353 257-4348 446-2005 258-8362 213-306-3811 1/9, 10:30 am Message placed on AAL-5 media recorder and main incoming line forwarded to it. Hence, can not provide number of calls or names. (Recorder played frequently.) 1 I 11 , 2 : oo pm (Sunday) Nancy Faber People Magazine, San Fran. 415-434-5245 Interview at "C'aptain Cook 1/11, 3:45 pm Carolyn Blakly · 1I11, 7 : 44 pm Don Hunter KTUU-TV (Received among calls regarding 2nd UFO sighting.) Anchorage News (regarding UFO #2) / CALLS REGARDING NOVEMBER 17, 1986 "SIGHTING Date/Time Name 12/29, 7:36pm Bill Mccaw 1I12, 8: 40am Jenkins l I 12 , 8 : 4 Sam Nancy Faber l /12, 9: 30am Walter Andrus l I 12 , 9: 4 3am Dave Patrick l I 12 , l o: 2 Sam 1/12, l:S4pm Don Redson 1/12, 2:00pm Linda 1/12, 4:40pm Hal Bernton 1/12, 7:16pm Bill Mccaw 1/13, 8:3Sam Mike Gray 1/13, 9:26am Rick Murry 1/13, 11:4Sam Susan Baumel 1/13, 12:SSpm Peg Melnik 1/13, 1:17pm Nancy Faber 1/14, 10:12am Dr. Friedman 1/14, 10:4Sam "a journalist" 1/14, lO:SSam 1/14, 2:00pm Stanton Friedman l/lS, 12:0Spm John Tracy l/lS, 12:06pm Jocelyn Ford 1 /l S, 12: l Spm 1 /16, 7: 3Sam Theda 1/16, l:OSpm 1/16, 3:23pm Scott Vincent 1/20, 9:12am Gary Anderson Organization Phone United Radio Station, N.Y. Associated Press People Magazine Intl Dir Mutual UFO Network Sl2-379-9216 Sequin, Texas Ch. 13, KIMO CBS -LA Evanston Journal, Canada CBS News, Canada Anchorage Daily News United Radio, NY Film producer, "STARMAN" Atlantic City Press Ch. S News, Wash. D.C. Springfield News, Ohio People Magazine Pennsylvania London newspaper New Brunswick, Canada Ch. 2 News, KTUU Kyodo News Service Tokyo, Japan Headquarters Sentinal Weekly, Japan News Service S63-3461 202-244-3086 277-6397 Blue Sort, NY, Entertainment 914-72S-200S S61-S882 / November l 7, 1986 "Sighting Page 2 Date/Time Name Organization Phone 1/20, 10: 25am Ron Pandolfi CIA 703-482-9563 10:55am 1/20 , 12:45pm Bob Engelman Scripps Howard News Service 202-833-9520 1/22, lO:OOAM Sally Rayl OMNI Magazine U.S. Department of Transportation Federal Aviation Administration FOR RELEASE ON MARCH 5 , 1987 #87-09 News: Office of Public Affairs Alaskan Region 701 C Street. Box 14 Anchorage, Alaska 995 13 (907) 271-5296 CONTACT: PAUL STEUCKE FAA RELEASES DOCUMENTS ON REPORTED UFO SIGHf ING LAST NOVEMBER The Federal Aviation Administration today released documents relating to the reported sighting of an unidentified flying object (UFO) over Alaska by a Japan Air Lines flight crew on November 17, 1986, saying it was unable to confirm the event. The material was issued by FAA's Regional Office in Anchorage, Alaska, and included transcripts of pilot-controller communications, interviews with controllers and the flight crew, radar plots and other data. FAA's Regional Public Affairs Officer Paul Steucke pointed out that FAA normally does not investigate UFO sightings but pursued the JAL incident in its role as the operator of the air traffic control system. He said the a gency's objective was to determine if t here was an unreported aircraft in the vicinity of t he JAL flight that could present a safety hazard. As part of the inquiry, Steucke said, radar data of the JAL flight track was reviewed by FAA experts at the agency's Technical Center in Atlantic City, N.J., using identical equipment. They determined that a second radar target near the JAL flight at the time of the reported sighting was not another aircraft but rather a split radar return from the JAL Boeing 747. Technically, this is known as an "uncorrelated primary and beacon target return." It means that the primary radar signal reflected off the aircraft's sur face did not correlate exactly with the pulse emitted by the aircraft's radar beacon transponder. This phenomenon is not unusual and gives the impression of two separate radar targets. Steucke also noted that FAA controllers who monitored the JAL aircraft said i n t heir statements that they thought there might have been another aircraft because of t he dual radar targets. However, a northbound United Air Lines jet that was diverted by controllers to intercept the JAL flight path did establish visual contact with t hat aircraft but the pilots saw nothing else. The Nov. 17 UFO sighting was reported by JAL Captain Kenjyu Terauchi on a ca rgo flight over the polar cap from Iceland to Japan via Anchorage . Captain Ter auchi said he had visual contact from approximately the U.S.-Canadian border to south of Fairbanks. On Jan. 11, 1987, Captain Terauchi also reported another s ighting in the s ame gener a l area as the first. Steucke said FAA is satisfied that the safety of the air traffic control system was not compromised by the Nov. 17 incident and plans no further i nvestigation of the circumstances. II II II / Paul Steucke FAA Public Affairs 701 C Street, Box 14 Anch. AK 99513 M arch 5, 1987 UNCORRELATED RADAR SIGNALS Radar data received by the FAA and used to track Japan Airlines flight 1628 on the night of the November 17, 1986, was retained by FAA. Review of this radar data by FAA experts using identical equipment at the FAA's research technical center in Atlantic City, New Jersey, revealed that the radar system was receiving what is called an "uncorrelated primary and beacon target". This electronic phenomena is not unusual according to Steucke who said, "It is unfortunate that the uncorrelated target phenomena occurred just when a pilot was reporting seeing something outside his aircraft. The controller's statements, released by the FAA, indicate that they thought there might be another aircraft or object in the area of the JAL flight. Steucke said, "The controllers were doing their job right because they have to work with what is right there in front of them on the screen, especially when you have a Captain that is reporting "other traffic" in his immediate area. The radar data they had was one target, moving slowly across the radar screen. They don't have the benefit of 11 monday morning quarterbacking" with multiple radar images as was the case in regenerating the radar data." Review of the radar data by FAA experts revealed the "uncorrelated target" phenomena. FAA electronic technicians explained that an "uncorrelated primary and beacon target" on the radar screen occurs when the radar energy that is sent up toward the aircraft, (primary signal) returns to the radar receiver along with the aircraft transponder (beacon) signal and the two do not match up as being at the same exact location. / J ·"'.· ·:i r:: .} '-·-· .J =n 7J 1 i r: ~ ' ,!. ~·-'I ----. . 3t j;~l=·i : i 7 7 -: • :!:.... . !!_ i ! w .:..1- .-. ~-=-: ~ .-. ~: ~ ::1 ~ Ll :_. !, t .... :! ' : · :. ··::. 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Pole, ))reported sighting what appeared to be another aircraft flying about 8 ) )mi 1 es from him at the same speed and direction. )) He reported the other air traffic, which had white and yellow ))strobe 1 i ghts that were not in a usual aircraft pattern, to the Anch. ))Ai r Route Traffic Control Center, and requested a report as to wei ther ))or not there was other aircraft in the area. ) ) The control! er reported there were none in the area, al though he ))d i d at times see another blip on radar along with the JAL flight. ))(Mi l itary radar at Elmendorf AFB also reported seeinq the second tarqet. ) ) The JAL Captain requested a change in altitude-from 350 to 310; and ))also performed a 360 degree turn in an attempt to discover if the mystery ))lights followed. )) The lights moved from in back of the Jal flight to the side and front ))during the early encounter, but disappeared after the 360 turn. All three ) ) crew members os the JAL f 1 i ght saw the 1 i ghts and provided interviews to ) ) FAA upon 1 anding at Anchorage. ) ) Ctrl -Break to go off-1 i rie DGC Terminal ) ) T h e 1 i gt1ts moved from in back o f the Jal flight to the side and front ))during the early encounter, but d isappeared after the 360 turn. All three ) ) crew members os the JAL flight saw the 1 i ghts and provided interviews to ))FAA upon landing at Anchorage. )) The Controller, with the approval of a United Airlines flight, enroute ) )(approval of the Captain of the flight) northbound from Anchorage to ))Fairbanks, deviated his flgiht path so that he could observe the JAL flight ))and check for lights. The United Airlines Captain reported that he saw the ))JAL flight clearly against a grey background but did not see any other ) ) o bject o r lights. ) ) Interviews of the crew by FAA revealed only that the crew was ))professional, well trained, rational, not affected by drugs or alcohol , ) ) a n d that all three saw something with blinking 1 i ghts accompany them ))for about 5 0 miles across the Northern part of Alaska. ) ) The Fairbanks FAA Airport Approach radar tried to 1 ocate the ) ) second target as the flight came and went through their 1 i mi ted radar ) ) rand, but did not find anything. )) U.S. Military authorities were promptly notified by FAA at the ))time of the sighting but were unable to provide any information that mi g h t ))c lari f y the identity of the lighted object. )) There were no other reports of unknown objects in the area by other ))aircraft, although there were few aircraft in the area at the time. )) T h e FAA has collected information on the incident but i s not ))investigating i t as there is notlhing to invesigate. END Ctrl -Break to go otf-1 i ne DGC Terminal / t1;~QBat:m\J.~. DOT I FAA, ALASKAN REGION SUB.: INFORMATION: Director's Management Report ( 3 week rpt.) FROM: Public Affairs Officer AAL-5 TO Di rector, AAL-l;qz/ PROBLEMS: NONE '1.- January J/. 1987 HIGHLIGHTS: L) 1. MEDIA: )"', .· * Researched and responded to 101 citizen and news media U ~ inquiries re the •sighting• by JAL Captain of Fltt1628 on November 17, 1986. 25 radio/tv interviews from across the nation, including contact from ~~QQQ_~~~~-§~c~Ls~:d~Q~QL_\J.QL~~Q_Ec~~~ Lnt~co~tL2o~LL_a~~2sL~t~9_Ec~~~-Lot~co~~L2oeLL_a~~L-~~§L-~~~L ~~~L_EQ~-~~t~QC~-C~QLQLI~L-~cLtL~b-~CQ~QS~~~Log_~~c~Ls~:C~QLQ_~QQ I~L-~~o~9L~o-~c2~9s~~tLog_§~c~Ls~L-~~t~~L-~~~~L-~~~~~~~~L-!J.§a IQ9~~L-~~c9~-E~eLLsetLQo~:§~cm~o~L-Ec~osb_~~~~-ag~os~L-:b~cc~ ~Log:_t~L~-~bQ~L-bQQQQQ_§~QQ~~-~LCCQCL-~~~bL09~QQ_ILm~~L-§sCLQQ~ tlQ~~CQ_~~~~L-~~~LQOeL_E~eLLs_~~QLQL_§QYL~t-~etLQD~L-~~~~-§~CYLS~L to name a few. Coordinated with Air Force, D. C. FAA, and regional division. Expect continued media interest until all available data and interview transcripts have been provided to public/media. Expect Press Conference will be needed to conclude this, in about 2 weeks. D.C. to decide where to hold Press Conference. Complete Ii st of media contacts attached. *Prepared news release and script for 9 hourly reports on progress of Santa Claus from crossing the At 1 antic to Al ask a and onward as tracked by FAA across the nation. Material turned out to be very popular with numerous radio stations using all or portions of the pre-taped scrrpt (on FAA media recorders). Availability was carried by \J.oLt~Q_Ec~~~-Lot~CQ~tLQO~L wire service nationally via the Alaska bureau. Known to have aired on Ka§tlL-~~~BL_K£~LL~~LKL_K§~aL-~~aKL radio in Anchorage. Also arranged and accompanied ~L~Q:l~ to ARTCC for interview of control I er for Santa Claus report, 6: 60 and 10: 30 news. *Responded to the following media requests: * Ketchikan D. News: Aviation/vs/Marine weather. ---------------- * ~IQQ:I~: Public Use aircraft (Ref.to NTSB) * ~C~D9~L!__§~otLD~L: H. Koni ne enf. case. * ~IQQ:l~L-~I~a:I~L-aosb~-~~~~: NATCA/PATCO vote. / JAL #1628 (UFO) FAA PRESS CONFERENCE MARCH 5, 1987 ANCHORAGE, ALASKA JAL Ill 628 (UFO) FAA PRESS CONFERENCE MARCH S, 1987 ANCHORAGE, ALASKA JAL #1628 (UFO) FAA PRESS CONFERENCE MARCH 5, 1987 ANCHORAGE, ALASKA JAL #1628 (UFO) FAA PRESS CONFERENCE MARCH 5, 1987 ANCHORAGE, ALASKA JAL #1628 (UFO) FAA PRESS CONFERElCE V J.ARCH 5, 1987 ANCHORAGE , ALASKA \ ~ 'f Pribilof /slilllds ··' r., I I / ;\SI · u -- / -·< .. ., \ . ' ' · 1,,·, ,11 ,, .. • ' - 'J. \ ._, ' I /.,._ ':... \ ---- . ' ' ,,\ , I \. l ... , I / ,' / .,,, / / ..... ·· x 'f. d Initial visual contact of uniden:i i e f o a ircraft. Sighting i n front of aircraft. o . L""'hts t hen moved to left sid e 12 minutes. "-o aircraft, 7-8 miles ou t . ')( JAL 1628 at 39,000 ft, Spee'li.; . 84 Mach· --- •' / ,. . -- .·; ..... ' .. -. "' Anchorage [)ally New s ' Thu.rsday,"January 1, 1987 ' { .. :· \ "· ·" , .. ~ '!' • ~ ... ~.) • ., .. ·.:/• ... ~!-''/,. ,· ; ~ ~ -~·:1 .. >. <' ~:· . ·. ·-~· - ., .. .. . :~ .. - . . ~ '. r;;====--~~--------=~:-:. -:-.:=-----f ......... ~ ........ ··~ ~~.._,,_,.,... _______ ~·~.:......:..;~....::.....;_s.~~~~---.....;...~.~' What was In the sky ·' ~ --, 83 - . ~ ·-::-·>: " . ' . , United Press International Japan Air Lines pllot KenJu Terauchl prepared an Illustration this week of what he saw when his Boeing 747 encountered strange llghts over Alaska last month. At top, he shows t he UFO llghts nearly In front of the plane and a close-up' of the llghts. In mlddle, Terauchl depicts what one UFO looked llke In silhouette dwarfing the JAL Jet. At bottom, he shows where the UFO first appeared on the plane's radar. The Federal Aviation Administration . and the U.S. Air Force have confirmed that a UFO appeared on their radar. ' l . .. News: U.S. Department ot Transportation Office of Public Affairs Alaskan Region Federal Aviation 701 C Street. Box 14 Anchorage, Alaska 99513 (907) 271-5296 . Ad ministration December 29, 1986 ( 6 : 19 pm) 0219 - AK'SI The following is a chronological summary of the alleged aircraft sightings by Japan Airlines Flight 1628, on November 18, 1986: (November 17, 1986 Alaska Time) All times listed are approximate UTC unless otherwise specified. The pilot of JL1628 requested traffic information from the ZAN Sector 15 controller. When the controller advised there was no traffic in the vicinity, JL1628 responded that they had same direction traffic, approximately 1 mile in front, and it appeared to be at their altitude. When queried about any identifiable markings, the pilot responded that they could only see white and yellow strobes. 0225 -JL1628 informed ZAN that the traffic was now visible on their radar, in their 11 o'clock position at 8 miles. 0226 -ZAN contacted the Military Regional Operations Control Center, (ROCC), and asked if they were receiving any radar returns near the position of JL1628. The ROCC advised that they were receiving a primary radar return in JL1628's 10 o'clock position at 8 miles. 0227 -The ROCC contacted ZAN to advise they were no longer receiving any radar returns in the vicinity of JL1628. 0231 -JL1628 advised that the "plane" was "quite big", at which time the ZAN controller approved any course deviations needed to avoid the traffic. 0232 -JL1628 requested and received a descent from FL350 to FL310. When asked if the traffic was descending also, the pilot stated it was descending "in formation". 0235 -JL1628 requested and received a hea.ding change to two one zero. The aircraft was now in the vicinity of Fairbanks and ZAN contacted Fairbanks Approach Control asking if they had any radar returns near JL1628's position. The Fairbanks Controller advised they did not. 0236 -JL1628 was issued a 360 degree turn and asked to inform ZAN if the traffic stayed with them. 0238 -The ROCC called ZAN advising they had confirmed a "flight of two" in JL1628's position. They advised they had some "other equipment watching this" , and one was a primary target only. J 0239 -JL1628 told ZAN they no longer had the traffic in sight. 0242 -The ROCC advised it looked as though the traffic had dropped back and to the right of JL1628, however, they were no longer tracking it. 0244 -JL1628 advised the traffic was now at 9 o'clock 0245 -ZAN issued a 10 degree turn to a northbound United Airlines flight, after pilot concurrence, in an attempt to confirm the traffic. 0248 -JL1628 told ZAN the traffic was now at 7 o'clock, 8 miles. 0250 -The northbound United Flight advised they had the Japan Airlines flight in sight, against a light background, and could not see any other traffic. 0253 -JL1628 advised they no longer had contact with the traffic. A subsequent review of ANC ARTCC's radar tracking data failed to confirm any targets in close proximity to JL1628. Aircraft arrived Anchorage International Airport 8~24 pm. Three JAL crew members on board aircraft were interviewed by FAA Security personnel. Crew members were determined not to be influenced by drugs or alcohol, rational. All three crew members reported seeing the lights. (Capt. Kenjyu Terauchi, lSt.Off. Takanori Tamefuji, Fl.Eng. Yoshio Tsukuda) Aircraft, a cargo flight, B747, was enroute from Reykjavik, Iceland to Toyko, Japan, via Anchorage, Alaska. There were no other reports of unknown aircraft in the area by any aircraft. The unknown aircraft accompanied the JAL flight for abo FAA Security, upon being notified immediately informed the FAA Wash. D.C. Security office. The Air Force Military Defense system was alerted by the Anchorage Air Route Traffic Control Center when the JAL pilot reported the sighting via radio to the Center. The FAA ARTCC reported that there was only one radar target -the JAL B747- no confirmation of any other targets . Military contact: Col Ted Tilma, USAF, Anchorage, 552-5351. J * ** Release: 12/29/86 CONTACT: PAUL STEUCKE, FAA, (907)271-5296 PERSONNEL STATEMENT FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION Anchorage Air Route Traffic Control Center The following is a report concerning the incident to aircraft JL1628 on November 18, 1986 at 0230 UTC. During the period of 2030 UTC, November 17, 1986, to 0430 UTC, November 18, 1986 I was on duty in the Anchorage ARTCC. I was working tbe Dl5 position from 0156 UTC, November 18, 1986 to 0230 UTC, November 18, 1986. At approximately 0225Z while monitoring JL1628 on Sector 15 radar, the aircraft requested traffic information. I advised no traffic in hi.s vicinity. The aircraft advised he had traffic 12 o'clock same altitude. . I asked JL1628 if he would like higher/lower altitude and the pilot replied, negative. I checked with ROCC to see if they had military traffic· in the area and to see if they had primary targets in the area. ROCC did have primary target in the same position JL1628 reported. Several times I had single primary returns where JL1628 reported traffic. JL1628 later requested a turn to heading 210°, I approved JL1628 to make deviations as necessary for traffic. The traffic stayed with JL1628 through turns and decent in the vicinity of FAI I requested JL1628 to make a right 360° turn to see if he could identify the aircraft, he lost contact momentarily, at which time I observed a prima tar et in the 6 o'clock osition 5 miles. I then vectored northbound to FAI from ANC with his approval to see if he could identify the aircraft, he had contact with the JL1628 flight but reported no other . traffic, by this time Jll628 had lost contact with the traffic. Also a military C-130 southbound to EDF from EIL advised he had plenty of fuel and would take a look, I vectored him toward the flight and climbed him to FL240, he also had no contact. Note: I requested JL1628 to identify the type or markings of the aircraft. He could not identify but reported white and yellow strobes. I requested the JL1628 to say flight conditions, he reported clear and no clouds. November 19, 1986 * "single primary returns" is in reference to target other than JAL. ** "the traffic" is in reference to the unidentified object. / ;rr At first s'i.ghting -) t h en 12 m57·nutes later it moved. ~ 't__ (COCKPIT) FAA, Alaskan Region 701 C St, Box 14 Anchorage, AK 99513 (907) 271-5296 COPY OF DRAWING MADE BY CAPTAIN KENJYU TERAUCHI, JAPAN AIR LINES, NOVEMBER 17, 1986, FOR FAA INVESTIGATOR, ANCHORAGE AIRPO~T. ~ r~11·r--- ( ~= ~! ) \ _______ . -----· I Reference to flight of JAL #1628, B747, 6:19 pm, 1 /17/86. - Onboard ( weather I radar \ Object mo-Jed from front of,,after 12 min . t o s:ilde. ! ~Unidentified object ( ~ . \ Flight path )~ across Alaska / . 0 J/ \~ J FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION ALASKAN REGION 701 C Street, Anchorage, Alaska, 99513 DECEMBER 30, 1986 CONTACT: PAUL STEUCKE, FAA, PUBLIC AFFAIRS, ALASKA ( 907) 271-5296 The fol 1 owing information constructed from personal handwritten notes, has been provided to Paul Steucke, FAA Public Affairs Officer, Alaskan Region, by Jim Derry, Manager, FAA Security Division, Alaskan Region, and constitutes the information obtained in personal interviews held the evening of Novmber 17, 1986, at Anchorage International Airport, with the flight crew of Japan Air Lines f 1 i ght 1628, enroute from Europe and I eel and/ to Toyko, vi a Anchorage, Alaska. Attending the interview were: Jim Derry, Manager, Security Division, FAA: Ron Mickle, Investigator, FAA Security: Jack Wright, Investigator, FAA Flight Standards District Office, the Manager of the JAL Anchor age Office: and the f 1 i ght er ew - Captain Kenjyu Terauchi; First Officer Takonori Tamefuji; and Flight Engineer Yoshi o Tsukuda. Th~ interviews were in response to the sighting of unknown and unidentified air traffic which accompanied the flight from the Alaska Canadian border on the north along a flight pl an which flows approximately from Ft. Yukon, Alaska, to Fairbanks, to Anchorage. NOTES: * FLIGHT NUMBER JAL 1628, Dep. Reykjavik, I eel and. * ADI Z, HL529 •.• J529 ... (Airway numbers) Contact at POT ATC) * Visual contact.. can see FA!, over FA! did 360 degrees. * S. MJ-125, Route continued ..• i I Page two, JAL IH628, Notes, FAA, Alaska * * * * * * * * * * * * Used onboard color radar, located aircraft, 7 miles. Size: •As big as 8747 or larger, erratic movement." Lights: Ye! I ow, Amber, Green, No red. Rotating Beacon. Many small lights. One object, two sets of 1 i ghts. Speed of JAL 8747: • 84 Mach, (Approximate! y 525 knots) ATC (Air Traffic Control) pi eked up target. Target broke off ---40 N of TKA (Talkeetna) Radio: Received static only in VHF mode. (Abnormal) JAL aircraft on instrument navigation. Flight Crew observation: Normal, professional, rational, no drug or alcohol involvement. Drawings of si tuati o.n provided by Captain. Normal language difficulty between flight crew and interviewer. ** Note: Exact conversion to mph or knts is di ffi cult as it varies due to evelation (air density), weather, wind, etc. ) END. / NASA worker tracks UFO reports by pilots By HAL BERNTON Daily News business reporter The mysterious flashing lights sighted by the crew of a Japan Air Lines cargo jet last November aren't the only strange things pilots have seen through their cockpit windows. getting a better idea on how to characterize the phenome- na," said Haines. In the past 20 years, more than 3,000 sightings of UFOs have been reported by pilots, according to Richard Haines, a NASA scientist who tracks UFO sightings by pilots in his spare time. He said the sightings are reported by military, civilian and commercial pilots who fly both national and interna- tional routes. UFO reports from Alaska pilots are rela- tively rare. The sightings tend to occur in cycles that peak about ev- ery five years, Haines said. For the past two years, sight- ings have been in a trough. Haines said many of the reports fall into two .main "Some .cf them are vety spectaculai and very signiii- cant from the standpoint of See Back Page, SIGHTINGS Dr. Richard Haines, 415-941-0958, Ames Research Center, NJ$A, ~1ofJett Fie~d,. ,<;~-94305 - · . J • ~ • · -. ....--• • • -.• .... • .,, . SIGHTINGS: UFO reports I Continued from Page A-1 categories. One category involves UFOs that suddenly appear within view of the cockpit and then disappear very rap- idly. "The airplane is flying along essentially minding its own business. Then some- thing comes up and does bar- rel rolls around the airplane." Many other reports, includ- ing the Nov. 17 sighting by the JAL crew, involve UFOs that tail aircraft for periods ranging .from a minute to more than two hours. Haines' interest in UFOs . results from his more than two decades spent working in NASA's man-in-space pro- gram. In the early 1960s, as he began studying visual optics in space, he encountered many reports from pilots who claimed to have seen UFOs. I "I thought I could explain I all these strange phenomena as nothing more than strange lighting," said Haines, who \ now studies "'human factors l. in space" at NASA's Ames · Research Center in Mountain ·view, Calif. "But I had to look at the ·data as an open-minded scien- . tist and pretty soon realized that we are facing something totally different." · NASA currently doesn't in- vestigate any UFO sightings. But· Haines, working out of his Los Altos, Calif., home on his own time, has clipped newspapers, interviewed pi- lots and talked with control- lers to amass reports of more than 3,000 sightings. Haines said he hopes to fly to Anchorage to investigate the Nov. 17 sighting by Capt. Kenju . Terauchi, pilot of a JAL cargo plane en route ·. from Iceland to an Anchorage refueling stop. The report was made public . in late Decem- ber. Terauchi, a 47-year-old pi- lot with 20 years · of experi- ence, told United Press Inter- . national that two small brightly lit objects and one enormous object - the size of two aircraft carriers -fol- lowed his jumbo jet for 400 miles. Terauchi first sighted the • lights shortly after the plane entered Alaska airspace. At first, the lights were directly in front of the plane, and Terauchi feared a midair col- lision, said Paul Steucke, Alaska spokesman for the Federal Aviation Administra- tion. Terauchi then obtained permission from an air traffic controller to try and evade the UFOs with several turns and drops in altitude. He fi- nally lost the UFOs about 80 miles northwest of Anchor- age, according to Steucke. The FAA controller who monitored the JAL plane, Flight 1628, reported tracking the UFOs several times on radar, as near as five miles from the aircraft. "The traffic (UFO) stayed y;ith JL1628 through turns and descents," said the controller in a state- ment released by the FAA. The identity of the controller, however, has not been re- leased. The Military Regional Operations Control Center re- ported picking up the UFO on radar about eight miles from the plane. The military center then lost track of the UFO for 11 minutes, then picked up "a flight of two," according to a flight chronology released by the FAA. It picked up the UFOs as they dropped back '8Ild to the right of the plane, then lost radar contact . More recently, Steucke has said that neither the military nor the FAA puts any faith in the early radar sightings. Steucke said that the FAA controller mistakenly inter- preted a split-image of the cargo plane as a UFO and that the the military now reports its radar images were simply "clutter." / 48 PAGES JAL pilot sees lights in the sky Object doesn't show on military, FAA radar By DON HUNTER Daily News reporter For the second time in two months, a Japan Air Lines pilot has reported seeing an unknown object flying near his airplane over barren inte- rior Alaska. Capt. Kenjyu Terauchi re- ported the second sighting at about 7:30 a.m. Sunday morn- ing, as he, a co-pilot and a flight engineer flew at about 37 ,000 feet, said Paul Steucke, a spokesman for the Federal · Aviation Administration. As on the night of Terauchi's first report in November, he was flying cargo in a Boeing 747 from London to a refuel- ing stop in Anchorage. · There are more differences than similarities between the two reports, however. Unlike last time, the lights Terauchi saw Sunday morn- ing did not show up on mili- tary or FAA radar screens. The pilot himself told FAA investigators there was "no similarity" between the flash- ing amber and white lights he saw Sunday and the massive. flying object. that Terauchi reported trailed his aircraft for hundreds of miles on Nov. 17, Steucke said. As o~ the first sighting, Terauchi was accompanied by a co-pilot and a flight engi- neer. They were not the same crew members, Steucke said. Steucke said the cargo plane's co-pilot was flying the plane at the time of the sight- ing Sunday morning. The co- pilot reported seeing the lights, but did not watch them as long as Terauchi. The IUI I nnuu UUKL Hit hard by floods, musher determined ANCHORAGE.ALASKA. MONDAY, JANUARY 12, t987 aircraft's flight engineer who sits farther back in the 'cock- " pi~, "indicated he was uncer- t!lm whether he saw any lights at all," Steucke said . . "~e asked him point-bl~k 1 ~ t~s was like the Nov. 17 sighting and he said, 'no, no, See Back Page, SIGHTING anuary 12, 1987 SIGHTING: Lights in sky J Continued from Page A-1 j there's no similarity between the two,' " Steucke said. · Terauchi reported seeing the lights twice Sunday morn- ing, once for a period of about 20 minutes and once for about 10 minutes. In both cases, he said the lights approached from the front of the 747, went underneath the aircraft and reappeared· behind it, Steucke said. Terauchi radioed word of the sighting to an air traffic controller in Anchorage. "His statement to the con- . troller was 'irregular lights, looks like a spaceship,' " Steucke said; Controllers and their super- visors immediately checked radar screens "to see if there were any objects around the JAL aircraft," Steucke said. "There were none, and that was confirmed" by military radar, he said. Steucke said FAA officials and experienced pilots specu- late that Sunday's sighting could have been caused by a weather phenomenon called "bounce light effect." Both times Terauchi report- ed seeing the lights Sunday, the airplane was flying over villages, Steucke said. "The ground temperature in the area was about minus- 23 and there was. a tempera- ture inversion at 23,500 feet," he said. "Temperature inver- sions in cold climates, with ice crystals, have been known to create a bounce light ef- fect.'' Light from the villages could have reflected off ice crystals in the inversion and appeared to be hovering in mid-air, Steucke said. As the plane approached and passed over the villages, the reflect- ed light would have appeared to go under the aircraft and reappeared behind it, as Ter- auchi described the lights he saw Sunday, Steucke said. Steucke said the bounce- light theory is only specula- tion, not an agency finding. "Those of us involved in this talked about it," he said. "People who are experienced at flying mentioned that it is not an infrequent occur- rence." On Nov. 17, Terauchi re- ported that two brightly lit objects and a much larger third object -roughly twice the size of an aircraft carrier -trailed the JAL plane for more than 300 miles as it crossed into Alaska from Ice- land. Terauchi said the objects changed altitude with him and paced the jet for nearly an hour. In Anchorage, air traffic controllers monitoring the JAL plane's progress saw what appeared to be the radar tracks of another flying ob- ject in the air space near Terauchi's plane. Both incidents are under investigation, Steucke said. Terauchi could not be reached for comment Sunday. PRICE 25 CE J l ~, ,:./- ··z~·~-~· ······· .... , .. . ' ·····~~<· · .. ::{~ .. ' ·· ... / ,' / ,,. / / ' · ·,_ -~-\. --: .... --:· ... "·-........ 'f.. (; ' ~-N A )\'-,:----,,,/"""--------' -' -.<'. ll ~ -> , --·, "· .... ROUTE OF JAL FLIGHT #1628, ·-.... 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"&~<7\71 t-·~ ~.tn: .. ;r '':,;··,,,,_ MJ )( ... -,,..~ l" tifl' ~ \.,. r: JI\~ @ ~· 1 e., ll ? .. 1 ; "": ;f. t-- "",,.-11 '' 7f ~__:____--....-,..-- .- - ·--·- --·- ~'20 ~6i1~m. --~~ Jl I ./ . ,'~-~ I~·. 00 @ /_LL__ ~-~ ---. ---.-:---:::-: -:-__ ,. . -·· . . l ~==--.. . .. f&Rll miil tfiljJ ~ ~ :,,·· 20 ~ ...... 7," ~ 0. ~Ii I tii l( I I 7 .... 9 =21f ..... 1:: ~-'J .,,J- ~15,. ~ United Press International What was in the sky Japan Air Lines pilot Ken;u Terauchl prepared an Illustration this week of what he saw when his Boeing 747 encountered strange lights over Alaska last month. At top, he shows the UFO lights nearly In front of the plane and a close-up of the lights. In middle, Terauchl depicts what one UFO looked like in silhouette dw arfing the JAL jet. At bottom, he shows where the UFO first appeared on the plane's radar. The Federal Aviation Administration and the U.S. Air Force have confirmed that a UFO appeared on their radar. JAL //1628 (UFO) FAA PRESS CONFERENCE MARCH 5, 1987 ANCHORAGE, ALASKA